She appeared as Komolika Basu and Queen Iravati in Ekta Kapoor's soaps Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001–2008) and Chandrakanta (2017–2018), and participated in the reality shows Bigg Boss 6 (2012–2013, which she won) and Nach Baliye 9 (2019).
Dholakia was born on 9 July 1978 to a Punjabi mother and a Gujarati father.
She married at age 17 and had twin boys, Kshitij and Sagar, at age 18; she has raised them as a single mother
Dholakia made her acting debut at age six in a television commercial for Lux soap with actress Revathi.